1. (noun) closeness, intimacy
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
"their closeness grew as the night wore on"
2. (noun) stuffiness, closeness
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
3. (noun) nearness, closeness
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
"the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
4. (noun) meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
extreme stinginess
5. (noun) closeness, secretiveness
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
6. (noun) familiarity, intimacy, closeness
close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
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Definition of 'closeness' 
